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TITLE:
QT QTextEdit Error Message Handling Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26298

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26298/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Qt 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/383/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Qt, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in QTextEdit
when handling error messages. This can can be exploited to execute
arbitrary code by e.g. causing an application linked against Qt to
parse specially crafted text.

The vulnerability reportedly only affects Qt 3.x. Qt 4.x is not
affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/170529.diff

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
* Tim Brown, Portcullis Computer Security Ltd
* Dirk Mueller, KDE

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-07-27.7503755960

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